Do you read on an airplane?

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And, what book you’d recommend to read on a long plane journey?

I plan to read “Wind, Sand and Stars” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery on my way from Heathrow to Lahore.

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wo hooo ... Pakistan ko salam daina hamara

books ... hmmmmm

interested in Politics? Travelogues?

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^Yes please, name a few.

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Always! I hate talking to strangers on a plane so I always bring a book. I'll say hello to my seatmate then promptly turn away and start reading my book.

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Urdu
- Main Nay Dhaka Doobtay Dekha (Saddique Salik)
- London-London (Qamer Ali Abbasi)
- Amrica Muut Jaiyooo (Qamer Ali Abbasi)
- Butt-soortiaaaan (Dr younus Butt)

English
- The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2 (Rick Ridgeway)
- Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations...One School at a Time (Greg Mortenson)

I used to carry 3-4 books on plane but lately those books are replaced by notebook. No place like non stop Toront-Khi flight (13+ hours) to work

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"A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini.

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I've seen people do tht on tube too, it's a good way of avoiding eye contact. :D

Thanks. Very good choice of books.

Saddique Salik, is it the same person who was with Zia-ul-Haq during the plane crash? And what about "Surkh/laal feeta", is it writen by him too?

I've heard lots of praises of "Three cups of tea", it's on my list.

And Younus Butt should definitely be read on plane, it'd make the journey much more pleasant.

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Yes he was actually Brig Gen Siddique Salik and dies with Zia Ul Haq. He fought 3-4 wars and was also the prisoner of war in 1971 i guess

btw, if you are interested in free urdu e-books

http://urdubooks.cambridgeebook.com/

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I ONLY sleep on a plane :@:

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Many thanks ya akhi @Decent 6Chora:

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wa-alikum thanks um-al-harab

oops i guess i messed it up :D

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Lol! Same here a few times I have been alone on a plane, difference is I start listening to my iPod!

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I would lovee to talk to strangers…and get to know a lil more abt them…
but I travel with family..so its family ka koe sitting with me :bummer:

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The worst thing is, I can’t sleep on a plane - I’m weirded out by the idea of sleeping while strangers are around me. So I read or watch the in-flight movies. I came back from India last year and I traveled back by myself (total flight time was 17 hours). I watched at least 6 movies just to kill the time :rolleyes:

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I can sleep just anywhereeeeeeee while traveling :cb:

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Yeah, ayat ul kursi. Non stop.

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I can relate to this.

I didnt use to sleep on planes too but when I started taking flight over Pacific (LA to Pakistan) with 14 hours non-stop over Pacific ocean, I changed my habit.

I used to make myself dead tired a day before the journey and normally did not use to sleep a night before. That helped me take 6-8 hours non-stop sleep on the plane. with a note to Air hostesses to not wake me up for any meal…

made my life so easy!

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chegum really ? :eek:
I read the ayat al kursi and surah’s and a few duas just in the beg and then i sleep

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omg i love dat book... it was the best book i have ever read i wanna read more books by him but i dunno y he is not wrriiiting any
:(

well anyways... hareem if u havent read boook called "A Place to Stand: by jimmy santiago Baca.... thn u shd read it... i love dat book... its amazinggg

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yeah i do read....could be a novel, school books, newspapers, journals....i'd just read anything u like....